National Dam Inspection Program. Moraine State Park Dam (NDI PA-273), Ohio River Basin, Muddy Creek, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report.

Abstract

Moraine State Park Dam is a zoned earthfill embankment approximately 1,933 feet long, including a 60-foot concrete ogee spillway section, with a maximum height of 55 feet. The facility is serviced with an uncontrolled ogee-crested concrete spillway discharging into a concrete stilling basin 60 feet wide and 52 feet long. In addition, the facility is equipped with an outlet works located through the concrete ogee spillway which consists of a 72-inch sluice gate and a 12-inch bypass pipe for downstream low flow augmentation without operating the sluice gate. Operation of the sluice gate and bypass piping and access to the Outlet Chamber is from the control building situated on the crest of the embankment and adjacent to the east side of the spillway.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA068842

Entities

Organizations

  • GAI Consultants, Inc.

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Concrete
  • Construction
  • Dams
  • Design Criteria
  • Drainage Basins
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Gates
  • Glaciers
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Stilling Basins
  • United States
  • Visual Inspection
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Geology

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  • Hydraulic Engineering.